Sepp blatter

LONDON - Former British footballers have called for a thorough probe of FIFA operations after England attracted just two of the 22 votes on offer in Thursday's deciding vote to choose the host of the 2018 World Cup.

JOHANNESBURG - With both Mexico and England suffering due to refereeing errors, FIFA president Sepp Blatter Tuesday said the world soccer body will reopen the debate on introducing video technology and also apologised to both the teams.

JOHANNESBURG - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has apologized to the Football Association over England midfielder Frank Lampard's disallowed 'goal', and said that the governing body would look again at goal-line technology.

BLOEMFONTEIN - Frank Lampard's first-half goal in Sunday's 4-1 defeat to Germany, disallowed despite the ball bouncing about half a metre beyond the goal line, recalled Geoff Hurst's famously controversial strike when the two nations met in the 1966 World Cup final.